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( 15 ) q. Why ſeven or more ?

a. Becauſe ſeven or more make a juſt and perfect lodge.

q. When you came to the door of the middle chamber, who did you ſee ?

a. What did he demand of you ?

q. Three things.

a. What are they ?

a. A ſign, token and word.

N.B. The ſign is, placing the right hand on the left breaſt ; the token is, by joining your right hand to the perſon that demands it, and ſqueezing him with the ball of the thumb of the firſt knuckle of the middle finger, and the word is JACHIN.

q. How high was the door of the middle chamber ?

a. So high that a cowan could not reach it to ſtick a pin in.

q. When you came into the middle chamber, what did you ſee.

a. The reſemblance of the letter G.

q. What doth that G denote ?

a. One that is greater than you.

q. Who is greater than I, that am a free and accepted maſon, the Maſter of a lodge ?

a. The Grand Architect and Contriver of the Univerſe, or he that was taken up to the top of the pinacle of the holy temple,

q. Can you repeat the letter G.

a. I will do my endeavour.